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TIL that mantis shrimps have 16 color-receptive cones in their eyes, compared to just 3 in humans, giving them the ability to see a vast array of colors. They possess one of the fastest punches in the animal kingdom. They can strike with the speed of a .22 caliber bullet.

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78V8M TIL Rembrandt's painting Bathsheba, an artwork famous for depicting a woman with breast cancer, was proven to not depict the disease after all, as scientists, after performing multiple simulations, concluded that the tone of blue the lesion has can only occur when the lesion is located at the skin.
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6EbWJ TIL that after ventriloquist Shari Lewis learned of her cancer diagnosis, she filmed one last episode of her children's show. She sang "Hello Goodbye," a farewell to her audience.
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